The Sun. — London, England, 1818-05-09 00:00:00

Ana ° on sub• ~ par ty lole lg j le 6 1 . • WI 6016 iffer° Ili A~ lie i i ogioft lecisi o "' vs, i''' d o i) Nit correl" ,tives t° r oll it iri his (Aid er inciplei ill VA' 7 a niorg ,erb°l' r ico n otbi° 6 5. C. 13. oil"' iii ar l ; 0 ' if „orgy ii r cb e" o f the! I hre. 2 Jrr • loti th• Cole irreil. ;be e s t o - ooP ej ; r i pre rd. t c e ° l o use' el itn ; e lei tpe; lIRIvATE AND AuilIPN me CORRE';PONDENCE• tl "%It was mistaken—l thought -44 t ,Inaspo Fi EwBE would be acquitted, but i tti . n "l i t l i tat . its was yesterday sentenced to three one year's "s 1 imprisonment, 50 francs fine, I l ittve dlailee by Government, and security in . 1 0 500 or. Ft (money deposited) for his good behav io ur. was "s appealed to the Colo- Royale. u'll re (4111 ""te in m y fi rst con j ectures ; I will ;liere 4rawait t h e result to apprize you of it. The I'.'"llte against F IEvER tiffers some risible lea :". which have been laid hold of with avidity "Y; the ntalin Parisians. When his work was t ' 4 ' l , 'lle said, with affectation, that until then tli, -'oirertitnetit had only attacked contemptible sitiwrs, who were o f no weight in society but : 1" t he Jtult,es had had th e au d ac ity t o att a ck a t - tI la of hi s sort, . they would find whom they 1"` t sell(I" with. Th e impudence df M. Fr EVES is SO tki't/WO ;hat it has indeed become 'proverbial. w 43 therefore expected that this painplileteer i 44 display &tim e energy on hi s tr i a l, b u t t h e t i llte . t e look of Justice :Appalled ; lie spe we d 1,01)helf ridieutous, co war dly, an d m i sera bl e ; andt he Pr es id ent pronounced the sentence of 4-Pigo ni nent fo r th ree mont h s, the pu bli c could 4 e °1 h ellismili ng in reflecting on the singular con 4 h tt. b etwee n the punishment and the late luso hastilig o f , 4 l'homme comme Taut." 110 "" 1 : 1 wn "lil have preferred that M. Freves had eeli nndested, an d that h i s wor k h a d not b een :s condemned to celebrity. ite Court was afterwards occupied with the I I :;144 yoIIOX Man of 23, one FERET, author of I°.ittnt e Cris. The buy must have had a fu- I: " attack of the cocoethes scribendi, for his d 614,1,tet displays neither wit nor talent,. c a , tit: 4 ' l tetnarkable for its impertinence and It e i n e tii"tits "t 418 ' "tacking the King, Religion, and t ofLaw it is from beginning to end fu ll , - . )itl iog but nonsense, soi-disant philosophical,. oa th i n a moat barbarous style. I t was ve ry 1 , - ` ll that the author of such a work should b e lil 4l ' lltt to. account ; but I would ask ' b y M. at&iittlt"ftY, the Counsel for the Crown in the til t , ' 11 ` ) " 1 (1 have thought of prosecuting him for e I,_ ilittlY,bec•aose the young man,as giddy as heir ig , 114. Find st, l i 11-bre I,has launched a ten , sat irical traits o,, x t : AttarttaND and the Duke de F ELTRE ? I It" t - I lt (Le. Cro wn to . meddle in these matters, ant Prose c utor ill a ff a i r s of c a lumny between ee,ntitti/4" Certainty not. And but very re th,t the Alinisters of Police and Justice chewed ft4 tti '4' ll l l : 4 , ls° 'vas their oPinion, when they stated that ijf bPribitne of the Chamber of Deputies, * Air f tite kblic fu nc ti onar i es who figured in the rA 11°11S fancied themselves calumniated by of certain Pamphlets, that their wt.- lougeare"urse was to the Tribunals, but that it be -1411 4:t G;)vernment to avenge their injuries. Lt vt e d e 4 conclude, that AI. NIARCEIANGY would c:44,;"Hie w ell to have let M. de FELTRE and M. Arn i , '4111114,10in prosecute Feller it they thought 4 I tlt: t t . , It i s nut th e first time I have remarked trlit usfliscreet ze a l th e King's Advocate.— enilemen of the long robe have generally their (" l e res pect for the liberty of the press, and too aft devoid of die,nity 'and calmness, aleatittit 41"4111y anti-liberal doctrines, by which 14,4v:hey. do harm to the Government they t ie r 11 1 „ 1 t " ser ve, and give the air of arbitrary to ttyit)-st legitimate severity. I ant far from de lAtlt t hat the present Nlittisters want genet osity ; NeiflllidY lie allowed to doubt their having en sir v p itn n to become the champion of the Duke and the Viscount CHATRAUBRIAND. h dv • "t yet m ent i oned to you what passed jlo,Tit it Chamber:of Deputies on Th urs d a y l ast ; i t of t he Most memorable that can be cited. ' ke 1 de nrCiteLIEU demand e d of the %' iii t () t e l t k . e a 'cred it 0140 millions of retires, as, well to lith,hos debts contracted towards foreign indi• 14 t liberate France f rom t h e c l a i ms o f time Allied I% wers, and thereby obtain the retreat "f occupation. This but then of 40 4'4 4 i 5 en°l "tls, but natio nal honour com )t e d the Chamber . • i nation. v4 s tl to support it woo res g ' e refor e A t %cited by an immense majority, 1 . one single voice being raised against the Itqllt,t4)ns and silo conclusions conclusions of the reporter. This ii i h e ve ry has produced a profound impression /it tev t, and has done the Chamber honour ly "Yes o f e . the Nati on . Pr °s:o l e Y justlY Accuse Nation, of having abused scl;44-eny, but it would be most unjust not %Ai a led , e 1 '11 40. 4 11, 1 in 1 , th at she has acquired, by her tssigi'llpe,..iosuPPorting her misfort u nes, a . glory it t „ 0 0. rto that of her arms : she is nor ", but • It 'b tt h;• ti ' e is resig ne d . H onour and witochained her courage, and she a 'tape with dish onour. li o Her mi h 0 „ h W, as Ilia,her c h aracter the seal of sfortunes heroism. nlittowa i ; ' tre aded A rmy of the Loire, which alter a rrns and peaceably retired to its '-''ll _,taY tits heard th e Ki ng ' s O r di nance to ry ki t 3 iitl l C 6)llllllliolled i ts b eing disbanded. As ~ i rtt te ei i y other' r ; "'Y Count r y' s l ove is paramount as willitev a man, I d e li g h t to h onour et Pert of the earth it may be POETRY. IMPItOMPTri, ON !WADING AN EPIGRAM IN A FACTIoUS PAPER. For a btasphemous jest, or immoral edition, Our Reformists, the innocents, haste to subscribe ; 13ut when call'd on to succour the cause of Religion, Or relieve the dish est Manufacerets conditiou ; What give they ?—a speech, or a scurrilutts gibe! AN OT HER. FREEDOM OF VOICE AND FREEDOM OF FINGER ! ! Make us free is the Patriot's and Jail-bird's pretext; And they'll make free / heomelees, with yo.vr property next. ROYAL ACADEMY. shall not, as we fit•at intended, confine our notice in regidar progression to the several per ti4tin,inces, but refer to them according to their merits. 96. Portrait of the Earl of Albemarle, painted at the yequest of the Yeomanly of the. County of Norfolk, and to be ultimately placed at HoMilani. M.A. SHEE, It. A., It is with better than critical feelings that we notice Por traits painted at the request of large bodies, as the fact ne cessarily implies no slight degree of merit in the individuals thus distinguiflted. This comphinent is fully merited, from all wr have heard, by The Nobleman here represented, and if the Norfolk YeomanrOmd the choice of the ArtiSt, we must admire their taste as Much as we respect their liberal feelings. This is a manly, spirited, portrait, executed with a firm pencil ; there is breadth of light and shadow; as much as the situa tion would admit of the latter. The general execution is neat, without elaborate minuteness, and altogether the pic ture ranks with the best whole-length portraits in the room. 106. The Great Mogul presenting to the late Lord Clive the Grant of the Deu•a.nnee for the India Company. 13. t:s•r, P. It. A. It is impossible to pass over any work of the venerable Pre sident of the Academy, but we should have felt more pleasure in seeing in the place of this early work of his pencil a later production fromliis baud. We wish to witness the annual p►ogress of the Art. The composition, however, is in Mr. Ware's best style; the figures are well distributed; the dif ference in the Asiatic and European costume, and. the inte resting nature of the event, give a dignified character to the (To be continued.) lINIVERSiTY INTELLIGENCE. • OXFORD. MAY 8 —Weariest!Ay the Rev: James Tbos. Hollow3y, M.A. of Exeter College, was admitted nachelor iu Divinity, and un Thursday, Doctor in Divinity TheMe day Mr. Wm. Law Pope, Scholar of Worcester College, was admitted Bachelor of Arts, On Thursday Mr. William TAW Pope, B. A. was elected Fellow, and Mr. John Whittingtun,Ready Landon, Scholar, of Worcester College, on Dr. Clarke's foundation. At St. Peter's College, IVestminster, on the 21111 ult. Messrs. Dodgson, Borough, Hutchin son, Glyn, and Harrison, were elected Students of Christ • Church, in this University, and th e flop. Hugh Anthony Roos, with Messrs. White and Artisgrave, Scholars of Trinity College, Cambridge. FEMALE SERVANTS. We last-week inserted, Hitt pinch pleasure, an account of the Fifth Anniversary Meeting of Tyra SOCIETY for the Impro'vemeot and Encouragement of FEMALE SERVANTS, on Monday sennight. The subject is highly interesting`, and we return. to.ir, not only with satisfaction, but with a sense of public duty. Much of our domestic ease and comfort depends on the attention and fidelity of SERVANTS, particularly reMales. This Institu tion therefore may he extensively beneficial in its influence, and we hope will lead to similarfesta blishments throughout the EMpire. When we look at our public streets, not only every.-night; but every day, particularly in the Strand, and to wards Charing Cross, it is impossible not to be shocked at the number of profligate women_ who annoy the passengers, anti put mode3ty . .ro the blush by licentious gesttires, :: and invitations to the unwary. We therefore feel it to be an act of duty to give all possible encouragement to this truly laudable institution.. It has perhaps al ready saved many.:a youthful female from tempta tion, and we trust will save many more, who migl:t otherwise lead a life of prostitution, and, after suffering all the miseries of disease: and poverty, might sink wholly friendless into an un timely grave. A 000 D SERVANT, of either sex, ought to he considered in the light of an humble friend, and should experience the kindness and protection of the . Employer, but good VestALF. Si:RVANT3 are chiefly valuable and useful in do mestic life. To hold out rewards to them for good conduct is to incite them - to the practice of it, to guard them against the arts.of .seduction, awl . to provide comfort for them on earth, and happiness hereafter. We shall, therefore, at all times gratu itously insert whatever may tend to proinote the interest of this excellent SOCIETY, and that may give good FEMALE SERVANTS all requisite infor mation how they are to'receive a due recompence ' for their meritorious Conduct. Robberies at the House of Lords.--Some thieves have recently selected rather an unusual place for the exercise of their purloining talents. A consi derable number of hats and umbrellas have dis appeared from the House of Lords within the last few days, belonging principally to Gentlemen who were in attendance as witnesses before Com mittees. The OfOcers of the House have not en tirely escaped ; the hat of Mr. Sutherland, the Cashier, was removed from its place, and an old one, abundantly stored with grease and dirt, left in its stead. Two silk umbrellas, belonging to Mr. Parratt, were at the same time stole. A dear kiss.—Wm. ANDRMS was last week fined twenty shillings by 'l'. B. COOPRR and \V . lltmsorr, Esqrs. the Magistrates of Pershore in Scotland, for rudely kissing in the street a servant maid in the tniddle of the day. OLD BAILEY -FRIDAY, MAY 8. • SHOOTING AT LORD PALMERSTON. David malicioti-ly showing at Ileory Jo,oi Lord Vi3c , :ti:it Prtioleistoo, win, CCI thII.I jpistol, btaded gioll►o44li.r and a leaden intent to nittrtici 1160, %vas /pit 10 Ibe bar. Mr. ReYNOLDS stated the case to the Jury ; and Air. BoLLAND called Lord PALMEISSToN, stated the facts in the precise terms in which they have already been laid before mit . (traders. The case being closed, and the Prisoner being called on for his defence, he, in a most incoherent manner, said he %vas justified in what lie had done, even it he bad killed his LordAip, the Se cretary at War. Every body knew his ; he ought not to have been dragged before the Court. Every body knew he was insane; but what he had to say %vas in private. Ou his re turn from America, lie was turned about like a vagalbon►l ; and he ha►l been continually hunted. night a►nd day, by pers►►ns who wanted to tuur►ler hint. BRnDKRICK proceeded to call evidence to prove h s insanity. mr. pkttsli;e called, and Sir W. GARROW Tetittested the female hart of the audience to with draw, as the examination would be of a nature too delicate for them Mr. Parstoe said he was a 3urgent] ; in the t»onth of April , 1316, he was called upon to a tend. the-prisoner; he lodged at Pihnlico, and he :found bit» sitting in the bed, bleeding very,prof»Sely, and, upon examination, lie found lie Irad inflicted on himself an impor tant amputation with a razor. He was removed to York Hospital. Witness was decidedly of opi nion that he was at this titrie insane. Sevei tI other w'itIleSSCS, with some of whom to bath lodged, I►roved the insanity of Oie pri- sower. At five o'clock Mr. Justice BAYLEY proceeded to sum up the evidence, and at six o'clock the Jury retired, and in halt an hour found hin► " Guilty of the'offence charged to him ; but that he was in a state of mental derangement when ha committed it." ASSAULT ON A CATHOLIC CLEIIGYSIAN. A.young Frenchman, of most ,respectahle con nections, was then arraigned for assanhing and wounding, with a drawn sword, the Abbe Ma thias, a 'Roman Catholic Clergyman, while pet forming the service of the Mass at the Spanish Ainbas.iador's Chapel, on Sunday, the 15th March The Rev. Clergymal stated the nature of the assault, as we ►letailed it at the time. The, prisoner, on being calle►l upon for his de _ fence, said, " My defence is, that he refused to administer the sacrament to me as he ought to have done; and this was a malicious act, fur Which he deserved to die ; as there is no law in this cOon.ry to punish, him fur such an act, 1 took it my own hands.'' Mr. ALLEY, as Counsel for the prisoner, caVe[i a number of persons to.establish'his insanity. The . Geutlenoui who paid the prisoner his al lowance from his friends in Ft'ance of 301. per month, stated his beliet of his derangement for the las.4.two or three years. -Ile had tnat!e a se lions attempt to induce this Genthm at to believe that he - could, live upon air. The Lady where the prisoner lodged for the last .13 months proved the following extraordi nary..cta.t►duCt la his mode of living : for some ►veeks he confined his diet tobreadAwit hour yeast) and water—theri he would live for oveeks on fowl, rating twenty-ot►e•per week—then for a time on oranges-then on oil.cakes-r-then on boiled flour and water—then on the juice of ponnded grass— then on the juice of pounded ruses—then On t►n boiled. pease—then on boiled ones, eating each day so much as three pecks of shelled ones, and -one . peck ,irf them with the shells—sometimes changing his diet to mutton, of which he would t sfx . pounds a day. Ile had also a variety of snits r , f iron armour made, weighing 214 lbs. each, which he used to try on at the brazier's, and say that he would walk in them 50 leagues a day. He had also an iron crown, and a highly-polished double-edged sword, about eight feet in length. He avowed his intention of leading forty millions of rmen to extirpate the Barbary States. The iron suits orarmonr for himself and a horse were pro duCed- in Court. A number 'of medical and other witnesses de. posed_ to, his insanity., and after au aide charge tromßaron GAKRow, the Jury, after a shuts con sultation, and without leaving the box, returned a verdict of Acquittal, on the ground of men t a l de rangement at the time the prisoner committed e act: INSANITY. Mathias Maher, a young man of youthful, but very wretched appearance, who stands indicted for fiavtt.g forged a deed, with intent to defraud J.., Ward, and who has .been remanded fram:Sessiost to Session; in order to ascet lain his staifof.mind, was brought to the bar by no less than three attendants. His beard is of conside rable.geowth ; he wore a strait jacket, and, in addijiontO his .hands being' manacled behind, it was found necessary to chain him : his appear. ance altogether. was terrific ; he stared wildly around,--and on the attendants placing him at the bar, he exclaimed," Do you want to murder me; I have been starved. It'oti have kept rue a month without eating any thing. Are you going to give me the baccn Mr. SHELTON then read the indictment to him, and asked loin to plead. The unhappy man did not pay the slightest at tention to any'thing that surrounded him. Mr. Justice BAILEY addreised him—Mathias Maher, attend to me : Yon are called ni,on to say, whether you are guilty or not guilty ; it you don't plead --- Prisoner—They hare been going to murder me for these last seven months. ALLEY observed, that he was instructed, by the law of hutnani•y and the laws of England to prove that the prisoner was not in a condition to take his trial. He should therefore merely call the evidence.- Several witnesses were examined, some of whom stated, their belief that the insanity of the Prisoiter *as real, and others that it might be as• •umeti . - The Jury returned a verdict of Insanity. P A R IA A N T. HOUSE OF !AMON Fpi:Dx-r,- The lloyal Assent waa given by Conimissilir? Ito the Duke of Canthrirle,'s Po -- chess of Cumberland's Atindiity the Loin Bill, the Innkeepers' Rates liili , . the' ri .. 0.1) Corks !WWI! rat Bin, the Glass Diries the N‘r , ,t Scotia Trade Bill, the Exeter, IN•it, and Nii,t-• !in , ....bant Gas Light Bills, the tVatelloo Bill, Lee's Divorce Bill, and a number of others, chiefly local and priv4e, iii all 81.—The Corn• missioners .% ere, the Lord Chancellor, the of Shaftesbilvv, and Lora Reileschtle. The Churches Building . Bill, the Parish Vestries Bill, tile Poor Laws Amendment Bill, the Lirerpoul Gas Light and two Private Bills, were bromot up ti oiu the 1-iipti.e of Commons liy the Chancellor of the ENchi (pet , Mr. St m-ges• Bourne, General Ciascopte, Mr: NI. A. Taylor, Mr. ISlacik rti, and other Members, and read a first time. Th, Earl GIiOSVENOR pi eseetted a Pcti:ioo from Saint Luke, Chelsea, avainst 'the Parish Ve.trs Bill.—Ordered ru lie upon the Table. Lind AUCK L.: NI) presented a Petition from Leeds in fa vour of the Chimney Sweepers ltegalatMn Bill, :hid statihr; that a Society had been folioed there for saperse,iimr, ItY means 'of machinery, the employment of Chmliing Ordered to he referred to the Committee on the Mil. 'lle Parish Vestries bill and the Poor Laws Amendment Dill Wete ordered to be printed. Sylces's Hyd•iiiiieter and the West India Trade Big passed through Committees, and were reported W 1010111: ame►►dment. CHURCHES BUILDING BILL. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, on moving the first reading of the Churches Building Bill, unwed that it Ire printed, which was ordered, and have notice of his intention to move the second reading on Friday next, for which day the Lords were ordered to be summoned. COTTON FACTORIES. Lord KENYON, pursuant to notice, moved the second reading of the Cotton Manufactories' Bill, which accordingly took place forthwith. The Earl of LAtintianALK presented - a petition against the Bill in its present shape, trout the town and neighbourhood of Manchester, ;out praying to be heard by counsel and evi►lence ; particularly against those clauses of the Bill which went to limit the labour of persons undera cer tain age, which he regarded as very objectionable. IVhat the Noble Lord proposed was, that the Cornn►ittee on the Bill should not take place tilt Monday se'hnight ; and that the counsel and evi dence should be .heard in that stage of the Among those intended to be brought forward itt support of the petition, were several medical men, who were ready to declare upon oath the general state of the children's health now employed its those Manufactories. This proposition of the Noble Lord's gave rise to a long, and in some respects rather a desultory conversation, in which several of their Lordship.' participated, and which seemed to turn principally upon the question, Whetlih or not evidence should be heard after the statements of.Connsel, as to the points alluded to ? The Eat Is of lI ABItowBY and LnrEaPoor. being decidedly of opinion that no evi dence could shake the self-e‘ident position upon which those clauses of the Bill went, namely, that it was possible to work child' en for more than 15 hours in the day, without being prejudicial to thcii• 4ealths. The • Noble Minister added; that the whole Medical Staff of Manchester could not con vince hitn to the contrary. The result of- the dig - cuision was, that the Bill Was ordered to he committed fur Monday se'n when Counsel wete to he heard,. and the witnesses to attend.—Adjourned till ‘Volnesday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER was summoned by the Usher of the Black Rod to the House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given to certain Bills (ride Lords). Mr. Johnson, from the Bank of Ireland, presented a Re turn of the Numher and Amount of Bauk Notes and Bank Post Bills in circulation in that Country.—Ordered to lie vex the Table. NORTH ERN COUNTI Mr. M. A. TAywit gave notice of his intention to move, on the 26th of May, for leave to bring in a Bill to carry into effect the recommendation of the: Ire'port of the Ciontnittec respecting the Administration of the font Northern Counties (Hear, hear !) CALICO PRINTEM. Colonel PATTEN BOLD brought up the Report of the Committee on the Petitions of Nlessrs. Grant and flrothet - A of Nlanehester, and other Calico Printers.—lt was urtlercd to lie on the Table. HAWKERS AND 4.**, LARS. Lord WALPOLE presented a PetTfton from . the Tradesmen a• - d Shopke,pers ut King's Lynn, in Norfolk, prayiwg for a❑ alteration and amendment it) the Hawkers and Pedlars' act. The Noble Lord observed, that a recent legal det:ision, which went essentially to affect the trade and industry of resident shopkeepers, rendered a LegiSlative interposition must me cessary.—The Petition was ordered to lie on the Table. INDIGO AND NIADDEit. Lord pre,eated a Petition from the Mer chants and Mannfacturers of Halifax, id Yorkshire, against the additional duties on indigo and Madder.—Ordered to lie on the table. CITY PRISONS' Mr. Alderman WOOL) brought up the Report of the Com mittee appointed to inquire into the state of the Prisons in the Metruplis.—Ordered to lie on the Table. BANKRUPT LAWS. Mr..lOJ-11\1 SMITH brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the Bankrupt Laws.=-Ordered to lie eon the table. Mr. SMITH, in inciting that the Petition -tmid be printed, took the opportunity of adverting to the difficulties, almost in superable, with which the Committee 4,1 to contend. It, however, was evident, from the testiumay of those who, from professional exertions, were best acquainted, not alone with the nature and operation of the Bankrupt. Laws, but with the abuses existing under them, that the House out not to allow any time to elapse without applying a legislative remedy. The Petition was ordered to be printed. COTTON WOOL. Mr. HORNBY, from Preston, and Mr. CANNING, front Liverpool, presented Petitions against :oblitional duties on Cotton %Voul.—Ordered to lie o❑ the table. RIRI3AND WEAVERS. • Nfr. PETER MOORE brought np the Report of ev . d.•nce on the Petitions of the Ribband Weavers.—Ordered to he uit the table. WATCHMAKERS. On the motion of Mr. MOORE, the Watch and Clock makers Bill was read a first time.—`fecund reading fixed for Thursday next.. A Petition from Dumfriesbire was presented against the Scotch Lunatic Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. LESLIE FOSTER brought in the Bill for regulating the Trust purchases of entailed Estates in Ireland.—Read first time. Second reading fixed for the lath of May. CROWN LANDS. On the Order of the Day for the first reading of the Brecknock Forest Inclosure Act being read, Mr. F. DOUGLAS took the opportunity of ad verting to what had fallen from an Hon. and Leatned Friend (Mr. Brougham) of his, when the Bill was last before the House. As he (Mr. D.) was not in his place on that occasion, he spoke horn report ; and he thence learned, that some imputations of jobbing and favouritism wet e thrown out against the 1)1 edecessors of the Right Hon. Gentleman holding the office or Sur i